prohibitively
adverb uk/prəˈhɪb.ɪ.tɪv.li/ us/proʊˈhɪb.ə.t̬ɪv.li/
贵得令人望而却步地,价格高得让人不敢问津地;过分地
in a way that is too expensive or too much
Property in the area tends to be prohibitively expensive. 该地区的房产往往贵得令人却步。
If the authors added more detail to every topic, the book would be prohibitively large. 如果作者们在每个题目上都添枝加叶,那么整本书的篇幅就会大得让人望文生畏。
See: prohibitive
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- The cost of printing books in one-country languages is prohibitively high.
- It is an expensive car to run, although not prohibitively so.
- Winning an election against an incumbent can become prohibitively difficult.